The Philosophers' Magazine

Issue 43, 4th quarter 2008

Special Issue on the XXII World Congress of Philosophy

Mélanie Frappier
Pages 107-112

Nice is overrated

The Socratic method is a paradoxical one. On the one hand, to practice it you must admit that you do not know the truth. On the other hand, you must act as if you were sure you knew the truth.